June 28, 2022
Women in Construction
Modern culture has started to combat the stereotyping of certain jobs as men-only or women-only, and younger people prefer dealing with and working for diverse companies. The more groups or…
June 19, 2022
How the Four Communications Styles Impact Work Relationships
Psychologists identified four communications styles in the 1960s: passive, aggressive, passive-aggressive, and assertive. By understanding the four styles, businesspeople can analyze how their team…
June 15, 2022
Expanded Focus on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is a term describing company policies and programs that promote representation, participation, and acceptance of individuals from different population groups.…
June 6, 2022
Here’s Why Investing in Your Employees’ Well-Being is Important
In reading today’s job boards, you’ll notice an increased focus on well-being-connected benefits. The emphasis on these benefits has continually increased over the past 20 years because employers…
June 1, 2022
How Understanding Work Styles Builds Better Teams and Partnerships
Understanding individual work styles provides businesses a practical approach to evaluating employees, setting goals, assigning tasks, and building strong teams. Some experts divide styles into four…
May 23, 2022
Focusing on Soft Skills
Soft skills, sometimes called core or common skills are common to all professions and help people succeed at work. Soft skills include everything from critical thinking and problem solving to…
May 18, 2022
Shopping Centers Look to Refresh Existing Retail Space
Now more than ever, consumers are looking for an experience while shopping. After the difficult recent years for brick-and-mortar stores, traditional shopping centers are now looking to capitalize on…
May 9, 2022
Grocery Stores Need Flexible Displays
Consumer shopping habits and preferences have changed drastically over the past few years. With this shift, stores need to be able to quickly tailor the shopping experience to their customers’ needs.…
May 2, 2022
Grocery Stores Look for Ways to Save Energy
Many businesses, including grocery stores, saw a large increase in operating costs due to the pandemic. Stores have been forced to make expensive changes to fight the COVID virus and provide services…
April 26, 2022
Consumer Sustainability Interest and What it Means for Retailers
Regardless of their age, most people think it's important that companies implement environmental improvement programs. The younger generations are especially interested in supporting responsible…
April 18, 2022
Adapting Empty Big Box Stores
With many big-box retailers closing locations or going out of business, each year brings an increasing amount of empty square footage in need of a new strategy. Shopping centers and malls are finding…
April 13, 2022
Direct Communication Resolves Workplace Conflicts
Even in companies with healthy and thriving cultures, disagreements and conflicts still happen in the workplace. What matters more than whether or not disagreements arise is how a team deals with…
March 22, 2022
What Makes a Good Project Leader?
Choosing the ideal leader can make a huge difference to a project’s success. Understanding what makes a good leader is the first step to finding the right person to head up your next project. Group…
March 9, 2022
Food Delivery Services Add Grocery Ready-to-Eat Selections
The delivery service industry has boomed in recent years due, at least in part, to the pandemic. As a result, delivery service apps are growing and evolving. In addition to restaurant food, customers…
February 23, 2022
Getting To Know Your Employees
When you describe yourself to someone you meet socially, what do you tell them? You probably include your job title and workplace, but you also talk about where you grew up, your family…
February 2, 2022
Community Outreach Lifts Company Morale and Engages Customers
Community outreach projects build company and customer loyalty. Doing good work makes participants feel good about themselves, and a company’s willingness to help the community promotes company…
January 10, 2022
Veterinarians Busy after Pandemic Pet Adoption Surge
One unexpected result of Americans sheltering in place has been a dramatic increase in pet adoptions. During the COVID-19 pandemic, people stayed home, and as many as one in five households adopted…
December 20, 2021
A Guide to Adding Workplace and Community Mentoring
Everyone has experienced the daunting and confusing first days at a new company. A new hire has the qualifications and skills to do the new job, but there’s many factors at play when adjusting to a…
September 21, 2021
The Meteoric Rise of E-Commerce Grocery, and What it Means for the Future
It's no surprise that shopping for groceries online saw a major upswing in the past year and a half, but what may be a revelation is the number of shoppers who plan to continue using this service…
August 30, 2021
The Trend of Company Culture & How to Achieve It
These days, culture is trending. But moving from a set of written values & mission statements into something that is a thriving and integral part of your company’s daily operations can be tricky.…
July 20, 2021
The Great Switcheroo: Why Traditional Retailers Are Going Online While Direct-to-Consumers Open New Stores
It’s a confusing time in the retail world. While some traditional retailers are closing stores and ramping up their online presence, direct-to-consumer brands are opening flagship brick-and-mortars.…
June 27, 2021
A Guide to Building Teamwork (& How It Can Help Your Clients)
Helping employees feel engaged in the success of the company through team development can have a huge impact on company success
May 4, 2021
Trends in Retail: The Growing Popularity of Bespoke Shopping
After a year of shopping online, expectations for the in-store experience are projected to be significantly higher as shoppers re-enter the brick and mortar space.
April 1, 2021
3 Ideas for Adapting Offices, Lobbies & Waiting Rooms for a Post-COVID World
As many locations are re-opening with health measures still in place, here are three easy steps to adapt offices and shared work spaces, as well as lobbies and waiting rooms, for this new world.
March 10, 2021
Developing Commitment Through Employee Recognition
Across industries, employee retention is an expensive problem. Here are four tips for developing an effective employee recognition program that addresses worker satisfaction and helps meet company…
January 25, 2021
Trends in Retail: Creating an Experience
Now more than ever, customers and clients are looking for unique experiences as part of their brick-and-mortar shopping. From creating Instagram-able installations to interactive displays,…
January 14, 2021
How to Operate with a “People First” Mindset & Why It’s Worth It
Many company’s core values center around teammates and clients. There’s real potential in taking a “People First” approach. Here’s how adaptable and valuable the idea can be.
December 20, 2020
Three Reasons Why Encouraging Work/Life Balance Works
A critical part of being a company with culture is encouraging a healthy work/life balance for employees. We believe in working to live, not living to work, and would like to share how this idea has…
December 16, 2020
The Tools You Need for a Successful Active Remodel
No matter how well you care for your store, eventually, every retail space needs repairs. Because you shouldn’t have to sacrifice customer experience to get the renovations you need, here’s some key…
December 8, 2020
Trends in Retail: Combined Fulfillment Spaces
With the growth of e-commerce, brick-and-mortar retailers must look for new ways to appeal to customers across the globe and to compete with giant online sellers. Following the wave of ship-to-store…
November 16, 2020
Three Steps to Inter-Departmental Collaboration
Teams are built from shared goals and shared experiences, so what happens when your people are spread across departments, possibly in different buildings, cities, or states? Here’s three tips that…
October 21, 2020
PLENTY IN STORE FOR RETAILERS
The challenge of planning, opening and running a retail or commercial establishment—meeting the needs of a throng of customers day after day—has met its match in The MDC Group (MDC).
April 12, 2019
THE VALUE OF INTERNSHIPS
Dear Potential Interns, I come from a family where no one has ever worked in construction and I had little-to-no experience with the construction industry before school. Going into college, I quickly…
February 25, 2019
EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
We see and hear the term “employee engagement” quite frequently these days but, depending on which of the 2,740,000 Google links you click on, the definition varies.
July 3, 2018
THE PLATINUM RULE – THE PREDICTIVE INDEX
Most parents I know taught their children about the Golden Rule when they were growing up,
June 6, 2018
THE COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION CLIMATE
Currently, inside the construction industry, it is well-known fact that we have a labor shortage. This deficiency has heavily influenced two aspects of our business: hiring and costs.